Green Communities Canada received a Healthy Communities grant from the Government of Ontario in 2010 to develop the WALK Friendly Ontario (WFO) Designation Program. The WFO designation is modeled after the very successful program in the USA administered by the Pedestrian & Bicycle Information Centre. It is also similar to the Share the Road Cycling Coalition’s Bicycle Friendly Communities program. Both programs were launched in 2010.

We are grateful for the assistance of the following professionals in the active transportation field for the time and expertise that they volunteered to help revise the US walk friendly assessment tool for the Ontario context.

WFO Pilot

In 2012, the WALK Friendly Ontario assessment tool was piloted with five communities across all four regions of the Province and representing cities and towns, large and small. Each of these communities committed to completing the assessment, providing us with feedback on the questions and evaluating the process. Feedback was collected through an online survey as well as through a follow up web conference.

We would like to thank each of the pilot communities, municipal staff and community partners for their time and expertise. We appreciate their contribution to the development of WALK Friendly Ontario.